Ace-Garageguy

WAY better. I like it.

Cool kid. Glad he has supportive adults around.

Sorry if this offends anyone, but I think that's an ugly thing, with no redeeming value whatsoever. Never mind the sorry part, too. I'm not.

Good advice. I keep my most important stuff on disc...like real-car build documentation...but I have backup drives that mirror all my main drives once a week too. If a computer drive crashes now, it's easy to recover almost everything. But I'm not too worried about losing model car photos anyway.

Poorly proportioned mess.

My question has always been why people expect a quality hosting service for nothing? I've paid a very minimal fee to use PB for almost a decade and never had a significant problem. My photos are not watermarked. And only a fool wouldn't keep backups of all his images on his own computer, no matter what hosting service he used.

Everything I've bought from him so far is great. Sometimes takes a few days to ship, but it's been worth the wait.

The term refers to the common people, the unwashed masses...not the rich.

If one uses some logic and gets beyond the social-justice outrage (and does a little research into reality) it soon becomes apparent that most "town cars" were equipped with weather protection for the driver as well: removable roof panels and roll-up windows or side curtains. It would hardly be decorous to have your chauffeur opening your door while soaked to the skin and streaming water or covered in ice and snow when you arrived at the opera, now would it? AND...cars with fully open driver's compartments weren't used in inclement weather anyway, for the most part. This is the reason that, quite logically, some town-cars were described as "all weather" when they had provisions for protecting the driver. The photos below (which took a whopping 5 seconds to find) clearly show attachment points above the divider window for a removable roof section, or snaps above the windshield for a soft panel. (EDIT: There appear to be alignment pins for a removable roof panel sticking up from the top of the windshield frame on the Brewster above as well.) EDIT: Brewster with removable roof section in place:

I'll let Hot Rod do the talking... https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1956-chevrolet-210-prize-possession/

6-cylinder Powerglide car, every option known to man. A little lumpy in places, but a solid daily driver. Meanwhile, over at the other shop... Fresh off the boat from SA. Man, these buggers are rough. "Restored" with buckets of bondo and painted with a dirty pinecone. Just about the cleanest Euro 380SL I've ever encountered (my #2 truck in the background).

Chopped and sectioned. Look closely. 100% world-class car. Bone stock resto, nicest one I've ever seen.

With Ferrari BB power...

Boy howdy...we sure got into the wadded-up panties segment of the thread quick this time.

This is really cool. Excellent work, great idea. I've never done anything like you have with published materials, but I have done something similar with photos I've taken of my own models and designs when I wasn't happy with the proportions, but just couldn't put my finger on what was wrong.

I have a "legacy" PB account that costs about as much as a cup of coffee monthly. It's a deal they gave their old paid users after the reorganization post-debacle. It's easier for now than taking the time to go back and edit all my old posts, though that's being done as time permits...but I have lotsa real-world priorities.

Love the barbed spike pointing at the rider's head. Guess that's to ensure he stays with the bike in the event of a spill.

My sentiments exactly...

How much do you pay? I have thousands of pix on PB, but I've been a paid account from way back. No problems...other than PB's occasional glitches, which aren't that much more annoying than most other websites.

The engine in the original Ala Kart kit, tooled and released in the early 1960s, when people could still measure things reasonably accurately in elementary school, was very close to being correctly scaled. The engine in the totally re-tooled kit was, as I said, approximately 1/32 scale. Pathetic...especially because the original engine fits in the "new tool" engine bay just fine, so there was no reason to shrink it other than incompetence. SEE: part TWO below for comparison photos

Good trick to remember. Thanks.

Google "Plastruct diamond plate". They have a bunch of sizes for various scales, and some of the listed scales may not look right for the scale they're supposed to be. So you're on your own as far as determining which one you want. Detail Master makes it too, listed as 1/24-1/25 https://www.hobbylinc.com/detail-master-diamond-tread-plate-plastic-model-vehicle-accessory-1:24-1:25-scale-2533

Just an FYI...the Porsche 914 gearbox kinda looks the part too (for a fraction of the cost of a big Hewland, ZF, or later-stronger Porsche box) aside from the mounting ears on the back end...which can be removed and a cooler mounting means devised. The ring of studs around the side cover affords a fairly convenient attachment point for a fabricated structure that could support inboard brake calipers and suspension pickup points as in your drawing too. There are many supposedly reliable reports of 914-Chevy V8 conversions running for years with in excess of 300 rear-wheel HP, and being abused regularly. Naturally, the gearbox would hold 500 HP and commensurate torque if clutch-dumping starts and power shifting were avoided.

Duplicolor colors, particularly metallics, being lacquer, are prone to "blushing" in high humidity. This can range from an entire panel or body appearing "flat", to just a little milkiness on edges. USUALLY, the blushing will polish off solid colors, and some metallics. BUT...some metallics don't like being polished, and will become blotchy if you try. In that case, the blushing will disappear with a clearcoat...and if the clear blushes, it will polish right off. This hood is Duplicolor, as-shot, with no polishing. Moderate temp, low humidity day.